RETURNED-MEDICINES CAMPAIGN IN BIRMINGHAM, 1977

RETURNED-MEDICINES CAMPAIGN IN BIRMINGHAM, 1977

In a returned-medicines campaign lasting 3 weeks 362 000 tablets and capsules were returned in 11 400 containers from a population of 1·5 million. This yield was considered low. A comparison of hospital admission figures for childhood poisoning before, during, and immediately after the campaign sugg...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1979-03, Vol.313 (8116), p.599-601
Hauptverfasser: Harris, D.W., Karandikar, D.S., Spencer, M.G., Leach, R.H., Bower, A.C., Mander, G.A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analgesics
Antibiotics
Children
Containers
Drug dosages
Drug stores
Nervous system
Pharmacy
Poisoning
Population
Prescription drugs
Tablets
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Zusammenfassung:In a returned-medicines campaign lasting 3 weeks 362 000 tablets and capsules were returned in 11 400 containers from a population of 1·5 million. This yield was considered low. A comparison of hospital admission figures for childhood poisoning before, during, and immediately after the campaign suggests that the publicity and the destruction of unwanted medicines had little preventive value. The quantities of different medicines returned were roughly proportional to the quantities prescribed.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(79)91020-1